German metal legends ACCEPT have issued the following update:

"Friday was the release of the new album, Blood Of The Nations, in Europe and now we have the first good news to tell you. Accept climbed this week #1 of the MRC and DAT20 charts! On Friday, Accept even reached the sensational #1 of the German Media Control trend charts.

That was one of the best starts for an Accept album ever!"

Germany's Music-TV-Station iMusic1 broadcast an exclusive 1-hour-special about Accept on August 21st and 22nd. Watch 10 minutes of the interview and the live performance of the song 'Metal Heart' below:

To mark the North American release of their twelfth studio album, Blood Of The Nations, and in celebration of their first US tour in over 14 years, Accept have scheduled an in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey, on Sunday, September 26th from 2 – 4 PM.

Accept will be co-headlining their upcoming tour with KING'S X, kicking-off with an appearance at the eleventh annual ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

Confirmed tour dates are:

September

9 - ProgPower USA Kick-Off – Atlanta, GA Center Stage
23 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
24 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
25 - The Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
26 - Vintage Vinyl - Fords, NJ (In-store signing session)
27 - B. B. King's – New York, NY
29 - Showcase Live - Foxboro, MA

October

1 - The Silo – Reading, PA
2 - The Emerald Theatre – Mt. Clemens, MI
8 - The Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
9 - The Arcada Theatre - St. Charles, IL
12 - House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
13 - House Of Blues - Houston TX

Additional dates for October and November will be announced soon.

Blood Of The Nations was recorded at Backstage Studio in England with famed producer Andy Sneap and will be released in North America on September 14th. Exclusive pre-sale bundles can be purchased at the Nuclear Blast Web Store.

Accept’s 2010 line-up includes Wolf Hoffmann on guitar, Peter Baltes on bass, Stefan Schwarzmann on drums, Herman Frank on guitar and Mark Tornillo on vocals.

Below you can view footage of Wolf Hoffman and Mark Tornillo on VH1’s That Metal Show, the video for Teutonic Terror – directed and produced by Dave Blass for Grid 41, and the 2-minute behind-the-scenes video.